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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 7, 2017

Our new President has raised the issue of America needing to modernize and rebuild aged infrastructure.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 7, 2017

Is there a lesson there for us in the Congress?

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 7, 2017

I hope that my colleagues, as we consider what our next infrastructure investments should be, will understand that in our coasts we not only get all the other effects of climate change, but we get this rising sea level and then the…

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Lisa Blunt Rochester
@lisabluntrochester· Democratic · DE· Feb 7, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.J. Res. 57 today for two reasons. I believe that the majority's repeated use of the Congressional Review Act this week and last week is unnecessary, constraining, and, in this case, adds cost. The…

Congressional Record · 2017-02-07
Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 6, 2017

Mr. President, I also rise this evening to talk about the nomination of our colleague from Alabama, Senator Jeff Sessions, to serve as our next Attorney General. Like many of our colleagues, I have heard from an incredible number of people…

Congressional Record · 2017-02-06
Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 6, 2017

Mr. President, thank you for your leadership on this issue, and God knows, how many others. You are a force of nature. I am happy to be with you on this day. I come from Delaware, and we have about a million people who live in Delaware…

Congressional Record · 2017-02-06
Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Feb 6, 2017

Mr. President, I would like to thank my colleague from the State of Oregon for his detailed, lengthy, and compelling remarks on the floor this morning about why he will vote against Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education for the United…

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Feb 6, 2017

I appreciate you also observing that Iraq should not have been included. I think it is a pressing security threat for us to have partners in an ongoing fight now not allowed to come here for training.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Feb 6, 2017

I could not agree with you more, that containing Iranian aggression, attempts at expanding their hegemony, is a key goal for our foreign policy.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Feb 2, 2017

On February 3, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the U.S. Financial System.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 2, 2017

Mr. President, I would just remind my colleagues that a lot of folks in my State and people I talk to around the country believe it is outrageous that the last President nominated a candidate for the Supreme Court for almost a year--a full…

Congressional Record · 2017-02-02
Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 1, 2017

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to this effort under the Congressional Review Act to block implementation of the stream protection rule. CRA offers Congress an important tool, as we know, to consider potentially egregious rules that…

Congressional Record · 2017-02-01
Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 31, 2017

I just found all the classified stuff downstairs.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Jan 31, 2017

Mr. President, after two long one-on-one meetings with Mr. Rex Tillerson, after a thorough confirmation hearing in the Foreign Relations Committee that stretched over some 9 hours, and after extensive additional research and reading and…

Congressional Record · 2017-01-31
Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Jan 23, 2017

I would be grateful for any help you could offer in our working together to inform more small businesses that are technology centered about that opportunity.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Jan 23, 2017

It is a strikingly low-cost and high-impact Federal program.

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